[Search4Truth]

It all comes down to this; if you kill Americans, no matter who you are or where you are, we are going to find you and kill you. To make that believable, we needed an example, Saddam was the best candidate.

Now when Bush draws his sword - fresh with the blood of our enemies on it - tyrannts the world over take heed.

[NutCrackerBoy]

The George F. Will column recently had me cursing under my breath, because I respect him enormously, and he seemed to be lending cover to the no-WMD naysayers.

Anyone on board with the invasion could see that it was justified many ways. Problem: most people do not look below the surface where these justifications can be clearly seen.

Since the nuanced view is too lengthy to articulate, the one sentence description of why we went to war is going to continue to be that there was an imminent danger of WMDs being used.

There are people who have principled objections to things that were said by GWB in light of the oversimplified justification that they accept.

This small level of distrust by loyal but unconvinced Americans is magnified by anti-Bush voices making political hay out of the awkwardness of the casus belli.

It adds up to a genuine but small credibility problem for the US and the Bush administration. It is unjust, but there probably is no real cure for it. It will fade.